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Track and Field: Area teams, individuals compete in subsection meet in Wadena
Mike Isola
05/30/2010 - 1:39pm
Wolverine senior Dane Hoffman advanced to sections when he qualified in two events. He won the shotput with a toss of 42 feet, two inches and then blew past the state qualifiying mark in the discus by nearly 20 feet.
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Prep Softball: No. 1 Bertha-Hewitt ‘bearly’ escapes Lady Pirate upset bid
Mike Isola
05/26/2010 - 8:19pm

Bertha-Hewitt scored the insurance run on a wild pitch uncorked by Lady Pirate starter Jenny Swenson in the bottom of the fifth inning to escape with the 4-3 quarterfinal victory in the South Subsection 6A playoffs on Tuesday.

Swenson, who pitched six innings, suffered the loss despite limiting the top-seeded Lady Bears to five hits. The junior also had a good performance at the plate to help the eighth-seeded Lady Pirates pull out the near upset. She went 1-for-3 with a double, a run and drove in another as Verndale out hit Bertha-Hewitt in the loss.

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Prep Softball: Verndale unplugs Brandon-Evansville in playoff opener
Mike Isola
05/26/2010 - 7:26pm

Eighth-seeded Verndale pounced on Brandon-Evansville early and then went on to dispatch the ninth-seeded Chargers 8-1 in first-round of the South Subsection 6A playoffs Tuesday.

Lady Pirate Jenny Swenson pitched five innings to notch the win on the hill, and then went 1-for-3 at the plate with a double and run scored.

Brandon-Evansville scored their lone run in the sixth when Hannah Olson scored on a wild pitch from Verndale relief pitcher Kirsten Korfe.

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Prep Softball: Lady Braves, Lady Pirates split regular season finale
Mike Isola
05/24/2010 - 2:37pm

Menahga and Verndale ended up splitting the Park Region Conference game to wrap up the regular season on Tuesday.

Amelia Pho belted a pair of doubles and Lindsey White handcuffed the Lady Pirates with a one-hitter as Menahga won the opener 5-0.

The Lady Braves pounced on Verndale starter Jenny Swenson with three runs in the first inning, before tacking on a run in the fourth and Emily Skoog capped the scoring with an RBI single in the fourth.

Elizabeth Johnson broke up the no-hitter with a double in the seventh.

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Prep Baseball: Menahga gains Park Region Conference sweep over Verndale
Mike Isola
05/21/2010 - 11:11am

Levi Schwartz let loose the big bat in Menahga’s 13-3, five-inning victory over Verndale as the Braves swept a Park Region Conference doubleheader Thursday.

The eight-grader belted three doubles in the nightcap and drove in three runs as Menahga erased an early 3-1 deficit.

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Prep Baseball: Bertha-Hewitt keeps Pirates scoreless in doubleheader sweep
Mike Isola
05/19/2010 - 5:19am

Verndale dropped both games of the Park Region Conference doubleheader to Bertha-Hewitt by identical 10-0, five-inning scores Tuesday.

The Pirates couldn’t muster a run against some tough Bertha-Hewitt pitching and committed 13 errors in the first game, which led to a rough outing for starter Dustin Motchenbacher.

Verndale managed six hits against Bertha-Hewitt pitcher Dakota Aeling, with Isaac Schmitz going 2-for-4 for the Pirates.

The nightcap wasn’t any better for the Pirates, although they did cut down on their errors by committing two.

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Track and Field: Numerous area track participants place at Daggett Invitational at Frazee
Mike Isola
05/15/2010 - 10:13am

Area track and field teams converged in Frazee for the annual Daggett Invitational on Thursday with numerous individual participants garnering top placements for their respective school teams.

Amos Schmidt won the 110 and 300 meter hurdles and Kathy VanDenheuvel tied for second in the high jump for Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale. The Raider boys team finished sixth with 29 points while the girls were 11th with nine points.

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Prep Baseball: Defense carries the Pirates past Lake Park-Audubon 4-2
Mike Isola
05/14/2010 - 10:45pm

Verndale didn’t let the long layoff affected them—instead the defense turned two double plays and Clay Cottrell retired the seventh with three consecutive strikeouts to lift the Pirates to a 5-2 non-conference win over Lake Park-Audubon on Friday.

“After not playing a game in eleven days it was nice to see the boys show up and make the plays behind Clay and get him the run support.” Verndale coach Matt Parker said.

The Pirates notched two runs in the opening frame, only to have the Raiders answer with a pair in the top of the second inning.

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Prep Softball: Lady Pirates overcome early deficit to defeat Lake Park-Audubon 6-2
Mike Isola
05/14/2010 - 5:22am

Both Heather Hejhal and Faith Kern went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs as the Verndale girls softball team overcame an early 2-0 deficit to get past host Lake Park-Audubon 6-2 in non-conference action Friday.

The host Raiders struck first in the opening frame on a solo shot to deep center from Carissa Raaen and then added another run in the third on a Christine McIntire RBI double.

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Rain once again washes out area prep events
Mike Isola
05/11/2010 - 2:57pm


The continuous rain showers all day forced area athletic directors to scramble to re-schedule (again) some area prep events that were to take place this afternoon.

Area sports events in the Beyond the Bleachers coverage are that were cancelled or postponed include:

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